It is too late to come with water when the house is burnt down, [128]
It is too late to cover the well when the child is drowned, [359]
It is too late to cry “Hold hard!” when the arrow has left the bow, [324]
It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen, [21], [324]
It is too late to throw water on the cinders when the house is burnt down, [359]
It is too much to expect of a cat that she should sit by the milk and not lap it, [146]
It is truth that makes a man angry, [91]
It is useless to gape against an oven, [11], [361]
It is vain to fish if the hook is not baited, [104]
It is vain to fish without a hook, or learn to read without a book, [368]